So sad to watch him go out like that. 6 years ago he Green, Lacy and Calzaghe wouldn't have lasted past the 3rd with him and Tarver/Johnson would have been stood on their heads too pre-Ruiz
That Video Says a lot to me and hopefully all watching. Roy Jones Jnr Loves His Fans, All of these recent fights have been to seal a legacy that should and imo was already sealed long ago. Roy underneath all his brash talk and showmanship is a vulnerable caring guy by the looks and i think the criticism of having a glass jaw and being a fraud hurts him. Looks to have a lovely family..ok i hoped his mother would say something bit more caring then what see said but all the same he got a nice family...all the millions in the bank, Go enjoy the good life Roy and make Square Ring one of best companies in boxing.
Roy Jones jr is a legend, he will be forever be remembered, he is a formeber pound 4 pound champion, he was named 'fighter of the decade in the 90's, a one in a life time fighter who stayed in boxing too long.
Yes, there was something very emotional about the whole thing. The sombre mood was almost palpable. This man was Superman, to then be walking through a stadium, giving that interview, I don't know, doesn't seem right somehow. Good post though Kool. Thanks.
I get the impression that his mother has just given up on tying to get Roy to do anything, she's realised that once his minds made up he;s going to do whatever it's set on regardless and as such just supports whatever decisions he makes as fighting against them will only make things worse.
RJJ was the greatest fighter of all time imo, however he dropped the biggest bollock of all time and that was believing the hype and chasing the dollar. He should of either stayed at lhw or stuck at hw when he made the change. You can move up and down in weight slightly but not at the extreme he took it to. Hope he has leaves the game, and as calzaghe's biggest fan i to agree Rjj would have tore him up if they ever met primefor prime...God Bless RJJ
Call me a twat, but I actually felt quite emotional wathcing the first part of that interview. One of my all-time faves and it's such a shame for him to have to contemplate retirement by going out like that. Sadly, he is way beyond the 'right time' to retire now and people will always look back and say that he carried on too long past his prime. He was always good on the commentary team on HBO, IMO, so hopefully they haver a job waiting for him as he deserves to be kept in the limelight. Sucks seeing him like that and I don't want to see it again:|.
Yeah you've hit nail on the head. She seemed sorta....like what can i do???? he don't listen. I think Roy's now learned...do as your momma says!!!
end of an era. it's time to call it a day. dlh has gone. mosley and x will succumb to time eventually. roy's lost everything that made him great. green would have been dominated years ago. roy, it's been emotional to the end.
Not a twat at all mate, I know exactly what you mean. HBO did actually offer him a contract to do regular commentary but Jones didn't want to make that kind of a commitment. I think he's a fantastic commentator, so hopefully the deal is still on the table. I remember when he was doing Hopkins v Allen 3, he predicted Nard was going to knock him down with a looping right just before it happened.
Yes. I was going through old copies of The Ring recently. 2001, DLH, Mosley, Nard, Jones, Tszyu. They were the champs back then, and what champs they were (are). Sad to see that era coming to an end.
I don't feel any sympathy for Jones. He was a disrespectful twat plenty of times himself and now bad karma's catching up with him. Also, his resume post SMW is utterly dreadful. I think he'd have always struggled with Tarver, Johnson and Calzaghe - they were the sort of guys that forced him to fight out of his comfort zone. He perpetrated a grand fraud with his ATG routine when he has done next to nothing to deserve it, historically speaking.
Legend I thought he looked quite old when he fought Calzaghe but he's aged a shitload since then. You've more than earned your retirement Roy. You'll be missed!